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The Daily Free Press

The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Kevin Tang, a senior in Boston University Questrom School of Business, and CEO of Cleana. Cleana was co-founded by Tang and junior Andy Chang to address public bathroom concerns through an innovative product, the self-lifting toilet seat. DAVID YEUNG/DFP STAFF

BU students create self-lifting toilet seat for cleaner, better bathroom experience

Metta Santoso March 17, 2022
Cleana, started by BU's Kevin Tang and Andy Chang, is to begin testing their innovative toilet seat by summer.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology students Victoria Gregory and Gabe Alba are inventors of the Coffee Cookie, a circular device that heats up reusable coffee cups. PHOTO BY CHLOE GRINBERG/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

MIT students attempt to solve problem of cold coffee

Katie Camero April 12, 2017

Andrew Garcia lifted the top of his Starbucks coffee cup and poured the remains in the trash, sighing as he sat back in his seat. “I can’t even sit for 20 minutes without my coffee getting cold,”...

Google Engineering Director Steve Vinter speaks about how art and technology affect education in “STEAM: Rocket Fuel for the Innovation Economy” on Jan. 27. PHOTO COURTESY WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

STEAM talk explores relationship between art, science in education

Katie Camero February 2, 2017

STEM is an acronym concerning the numerical and experimental side of education, standing for science, technology, engineering and mathematics. However, art and design were added to make STEAM — a...

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